Devil's Army

After receiving the report from the company commander, the battalion commander immediately led the soldiers of the battalion to the ammunition depot and fuel depot of Xinjing Airport to deploy defenses outside. At the same time, he reported to the second regiment commander.

At this time, the Japanese anti-aircraft artillery units at Xinjing Airport were basically destroyed.

The First Army's air force flew over and intensified the bombing and strafing of the Japanese troops who were blocking the Second and Third Battalions.

Although the Japanese guards at the Xinjing Airport put up a tenacious resistance, they were unable to withstand the fierce attack from the First Army Air Force and the three battalions of the Second Regiment, and finally fled.

The soldiers from the second and third battalions of the second regiment were chasing closely behind.

After eliminating the remaining Japanese troops at the Xinjing Airport, the Second Regiment Commander arranged for the soldiers to repair part of the airport runway and buildings that were destroyed by the Air Force.

At noon the next day, Deputy Captain Xu moved 60 fighters and bombers from Fengtian Airport to Xinjing Airport.

Japanese troops in Harbin suffered even more air attacks.

Just as the 4th and 7th Brigades were dividing their forces to recapture the towns occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops on the road from Xinjing to Harbin, two civilians in rather ragged clothing came to the 4th Brigade headquarters.

They claimed to be from the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, and their team was surrounded and suppressed by the Japanese army near Wujia Town in the northeast of Shuangcheng District, Harbin.

Wang Zhuangfei asked doubtfully:

"After your commander died, didn't the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces enter the Soviet Union for training? (The 88th Infantry Brigade of the Soviet Far East Red Banner Army)"

"We still have a small number of troops that have not been reorganized in the Soviet Union, but have stayed behind to fight guerrilla warfare."

Brigade Commander Wang knew that the Japanese army in Harbin was stepping up efforts to eliminate the anti-Japanese armed forces in the area under its jurisdiction in order to concentrate its forces for a decisive battle with their army, so as to ensure the stability of the rear during the decisive battle with their army.

In order to support the guerrilla warfare of the small number of troops of the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces left in Harbin, Brigade Commander Wang sent the elite regiment directly under the Fourth Brigade to provide support.

Upon receiving the order, a vanguard company of the direct regiment, led by a guide, rushed to provide reinforcements in a truck.

When the vanguard company arrived near Shuangcheng District of Wujia Town, the remaining troops of the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces had already moved to an abandoned small village and were holding out for reinforcements.

Captain Guan and his soldiers quickly jumped off the truck and launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army from behind.

At this time, the Japanese army had discovered the arrival of Captain Guan and his men, and quickly divided their troops to block their attack.

The fierce fighting power of Captain Guan and his men made it impossible for the Japanese troops who were blocking them to resist.

The Japanese commander had to allocate more troops to encircle and suppress Captain Guan and his men.

The remaining soldiers of the First Army of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were able to catch their breath.

The Japanese commander had already estimated that Captain Guan and his men were a devilish group based on their weapons and equipment and tactics, so he arranged for more troops to encircle them.

Captain Guan led the soldiers of the vanguard company and relied on trees and hills to stubbornly block the Japanese attack.

Seeing that they were unable to capture Captain Guan and his men's position after a long time of attack, the Japanese commander used artillery to fiercely bombard the grove where Captain Guan and his men were hiding.

The number of casualties among the soldiers in the vanguard company rose sharply under the fierce artillery bombardment by the Japanese army.

Suddenly, the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped and fierce gunfire was heard from their artillery positions.

Commander Hu of the 4th Brigade's direct regiment arrived with a large force, and part of the direct regiment launched a fierce attack on the Japanese artillery positions.

The large force of the direct regiment launched a counter-encirclement against the Japanese army.

Seeing that they would be in danger of being surrounded if they continued fighting, the Japanese commander ordered his troops to withdraw to Wujia Town.

Captain Hu ordered more than a dozen soldiers to carry pistols and grenades, wear civilian clothes, and take a shortcut to reach Wujia Town before this group of Japanese troops.